F1 Sportscar-looking 'Ultra Edition McLaren cell phone' from Samsung unveils!

By Joonyoung Ryu(ZDNet Korea)

The design of the new 'Ultra Edition HSDPA McLaren handset (Manufactured by Samsung)' mirrors the image of World famous McLaren race car, making the news.

Vodafone, the Europe's leading mobile telecommunications group introduces exclusive special edition consumer handset to support the official launch of the new Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team, giving Samsung Electronics a perfect chance to showcase its Ultra Edition HSDPA phone to the F1 (Formula 1) fans all over the world.

Samsung Ultra Edition McLaren Handset resembles image of 'McLaren-Mercedes F1' race car.(credit : Samsung)

"The world renowned auto racing event Formula 1 Grand Prix compares to Olympics and World Cup Soccer and brings in over 40 million viewers in over 150 countries all over the world each year" and
"Samsung's HSDPA phone picked by Vodafone for its sponsorship of McLaren Mercedes will draw much interests from the worldwide F1 avid fans." said, Samsung.

Samsung also added "Our handset being offered as one of the McLaren phones just reaffirms our stature of being recognized as world class product."

Silver and white gold chrome trims, red signifying McLaren. It has 'Vodafone McLaren Mercedes' logo throughout, phone menu resembles shape of tire.(credit:Samsung)

The McLaren phones comes customized in colors of the McLaren, a chrome silver cover with highlights in the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team red color. The phone resembles 'McLaren Mercedes F1' racing car.

It also has exclusive inscriptions of 'Vodafone McLaren Mercedes' on the whole surface, menu screen is designed like tire wheel to give sense of a racing car.

The handset includes video clips and images of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 racing car as well as a sleek menu design, special ring tones of running engine. The 3G HSDPA enables fast download speeds of Mobile TV, music and Video files, a part of Vodafone live! consumer services.

It also features 3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth and host of other functions.


McLaren is the name of world's biggest auto racing event 'Formula 1 Grand Prix' race team and its own designed race car. McLaren, the winner of F1 Grand Prix, 148 times, F1 World Championship 11 times, and other prestigious races under its belt. McLaren with Mercedes unveiled its new F1 car, the MP4-22. [Source: Samsung Electronics]